I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 199 - 193: Can We Be Human?

Chapter 199: Chapter 193: Can We Be Human?

After the exam results were released, Old Wu called Wen Shiyi for a private conversation in his office.

Surprisingly, it was Wen Shiyi who didn’t do well this time, which was unexpected for everyone in Class One, probably even for Old Wu.

After all, since transferring almost half a year ago, Wen Shiyi’s grades had always been among the top five in the grade. Who would have thought she would score outside the top ten in the class this time?

It was really unexpected, these students truly gave Old Wu a lot of stress.

This time, Qingran’s overall grade was 5 points lower than Xie Ying’an, making her second place again.

If it weren’t for the fact that language and English dragged Xie Ying’an down a bit, their difference in total scores might have been more than 5 points.

Xie Ying’an still, as always, didn’t like memorizing those mandatory classical Chinese texts and ancient poems, although he lost marks on these every time, he still repeatedly failed to learn his lesson.

Both the language teacher and Old Wu had had enough of this; they had already given up on him.

Their verdict was: This kid is unteachable, truly unteachable.

Right now, this ’unteachable’ kid was holding Qingran’s biology paper with two fingers, looking at it—it was this biology paper with a score of over eighty that pulled down Qingran’s average.

Xie Ying’an frowned slightly, his gaze lingering on those few wrong questions for a long time, somewhat puzzled. Turning to Qingran, who was sitting on his right and memorizing her text, he pointed at the two wrong questions: "We even did similar questions to these during Zhou Tian’s session, how come they were answered incorrectly on the test?"

Her memory being at its best in the morning, Qingran was now able to recite the classical Chinese text she previously stumbled through exceptionally smoothly, perhaps also why she was in a good mood now.

Qingran turned to look at Xie Ying’an, and he was looking at her.

There was seriousness in the refined features of the young man’s face.

So, she uncharacteristically joked with Xie Ying’an: "Of course, I answered these few questions wrong to let you win, otherwise, I might have gotten first place."

Bullshit letting him win!

Only Qingran herself knew that when she was answering the last few questions, she suddenly felt a headache and was distracted by some incidents in the upcoming Chapters of her textbook, which delayed her answering time.

In fact, recalling those future scenes from the text wasn’t as bad as before; the first time that happened, her head felt like it was splitting.

The young girl’s smile was enchanting, her full almond-shaped eyes shaped like crescents with a playful smile, exuding an indescribable gentleness.

Xie Ying’an stared blankly for a moment, realizing that Qingran was teasing him. A faint blush spread to his ears, and then he slowly shifted his gaze away, murmuring low: "That letting you win..."

Xie Ying’an’s true ability didn’t need Qingran to go easy; after all, just the classical Chinese fill-in-the-blank and poem question he didn’t do counted for a dozen points.

Her laugh was too gorgeous, and yes, teasing him like this was indeed a first for her.

After a while, he couldn’t help but look towards Qingran again.

Qingran had already restrained her smiling lips, now looking at her own biology paper, her expression showing a bit of regret at the sight of the wrong answers.

Almost surpassing Xie Ying’an, just a little bit short.

Damn this life!

While she was thinking, Wen Shiyi, who had been called out by Old Wu for a while, pushed open the classroom door and walked in. She didn’t return to her own seat but walked straight towards Qingran.

Wen Shiyi’s eyes and nose were a bit red, and her voice was a little muffled: "Qingran, the teacher wants you to visit his office."

Qingran was startled, then nodded: "Okay, thank you!"

Wen Shiyi forced a somewhat stiff smile at Qingran and then turned back to her seat.

"You could guess that Wen Shiyi didn’t do well this time, and at such a crucial moment when Old Wu’s temper is increasingly irritable, he might have said something harsh to Wen Shiyi."

Qingran felt somewhat anxious as well, unsure of what Old Wu wanted to talk to her about, especially since her grades had also slipped a bit compared to the final exams.

Xie Ying’an saw all of Qingran’s anxiousness, but since Old Wu only asked Qingran to come over and didn’t call him, it wasn’t appropriate for him to follow.

Less than two minutes after Qingran left, Xie Ying’an couldn’t hold back anymore. He slammed down the pen in his hand, stood up, and walked out through the back door.

The class quieted for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.

Zheng Chunming and Li Ce exchanged looks, both expressing in their eyes, ’Just as expected.’

It was still early, and at this time, most teachers were in the classrooms supervising students’ self-study, so there weren’t many teachers in the office. When Qingran entered the office, the first person she saw was Class 2’s Teacher Liu.

Teacher Liu raised his eyebrows upon seeing her, his expression seemingly holding back some delighted meaning.

Who holds grudges overnight in the office?

The teachers here are all highly educated. Even if they dislike someone internally, they still have to put on a friendly face. So, the day after Old Wu and Teacher Liu had an argument, in the presence of the Director of Teaching, they shook hands and made peace.

Seeing Qingran coming over, Teacher Liu couldn’t suppress his curiosity and was the first to ask, "What? Li Qingran, did you botch your exam again this time?"

Qingran’s lips were tightly pressed, and she couldn’t even muster a forced smile. After a long time, she managed to say, "Not bad."

Considering her ranking, she’s still second in the class, is that considered botching the exam?

Old Wu heard the conversation and looked over, his gaze passing over Teacher Liu and speaking directly to Qingran, "Li Qingran, come over here."

Following his words, Qingran walked over and stood two steps behind Old Wu, her expression slightly awkward: "Teacher, you wanted to see me?"

"Yeah," Old Wu finished the last line he was writing, then turned around to face Qingran, his expression serious: "This time you scored 5 points lower than Xie Ying’an. It may be because you were sick the other days and didn’t review well, which is understandable..."

As he said these words, Old Wu deliberately raised his voice, as if he meant for someone to hear.

He had already laid down the steps for her, and Qingran didn’t know what to say, just nodding her head after every sentence from Old Wu.

"...And one more thing," Old Wu shifted his tone, speaking with a bit more gravitas: "Since you sit next to Xie Ying’an, you should help each other out. You can’t just sit by and watch Xie Ying’an’s Chinese grades drop because of not filling in the ancient poetry blanks, right?"

Externally, Qingran obediently nodded, but internally she was breaking down.

She had guessed that Old Wu didn’t want to be human anymore but rather a dog.

Indeed, Old Wu then started praising her: "I know that you, Li Qingran, are very disciplined in your studies, practically never requiring the teachers to worry, and you are very cooperative with your classmates. Your reputation among the class students is quite good. It would be great if all teachers could have students like you."

"Ah..." Following that, Old Wu sighed again, finally starting on the real purpose he had called her for today: "From now on, the memorization of ancient poems for Xie Ying’an will be watched over by you, his deskmate."

Qingran opened her mouth, about to politely refuse, but then she heard Old Wu, with an irrefutable tone, add another sentence: "This way, there’ll be a specific reward and punishment... uh, if next exam Xie Ying’an leaves the blank spaces for the ancient poetry unfilled again, then you two will copy the unfilled poem 100 times, the whole thing."

Why does she have to be the one caught in the crossfire even if she does nothing?

Qingran’s face was filled with refusal, and she discontentedly said: "Teacher, this won’t work, you can’t—"

"Alright, it’s settled like this." Old Wu interrupted Qingran’s refusal, then waved his hand, signaling her to return: "There’s nothing else, go back and study hard."

Qingran: "..."

Don’t think I don’t know, there’s also a reward you purposely don’t want to mention!!!

But, to supervise Xie Ying’an in such a matter?

Damn! Old Wu, you’re a homeroom teacher after all, can’t you act a bit more humanely?

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